Game playing club



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Patented July 11, 1933 UNITED STATES.

PATENT OFFICE CHARLES H. BUCKLER, OF CAMDEN, NEWJERSEY GAME PLAY G CLUBApplication filed June 3, 1931. Serial No. 541,900.

pool or billiard balls much in the same man ner that it is possible toplay with pool and billiard halls of conventional pool and billiardtable equipment.

Other objects and advantages of this invention will be apparent duringthe course of the following detailed description.

In the accompanying drawing, forming a part of this specification, andwherein similar reference characters designate corresponding partsthroughout the several views,

Figure 1 is a side elevation of the improved one club.

Figure 2 is a sectional view taken longitudinally through the head ofthe improved club showing the attachment of the shank therewith.

Figure 3 is a sectional view taken substantially on the line 83 ofFigure 2.

Figure at is an end view of one end of the head of the club.

In the drawing. wherein for the purpose of illustration is shown onlyapreferred embodiment of the improved club, the letter A may generallydesignate the same. This club is adapted to be used in connection withan out-door game which simulates the playing of pool or billiards, andwhich has been set forth in my co-pending application, Sfil'lfll Number549,019, filed July 6, 1981. The game board for the apparatus willpreferably consist of alarge rectangular shaped playing surface,preferably of a shape proportionate to but very much larger than thatused indoors. This playing board or surface is adapted to be placedfiushwithin the ground. and surrounding the same there are providedwalks upon which theplayers walk ing. balls, while'they are preferablyof the.

during the playing of the game. At the corners and intermediate the endsof the long sides of the playing board there are provided pockets, inevent it is desired to play pool, but a playing boa-rd arranged for theplaying of billiards may be provided if desired, and in which eventthere are of course no pockets. The playing surface of the board isbounded by upright rails which may be cushioned much in the same manneras a conventional pool or billiard table, and the covering ofthe-cushions and boards may be of-waterproof material, since the deviceis intended for outdoor playing much in the same manner as miniaturegolf. 55

The'improved one club A has been provided" for the playing of the game,and it is of special construction, inasmuch as the playsamesize andnature as pool and billiard 0 balls,will have to be sentconsiderablyfarther during the playing than is the case with conventional pool andbilliardtable play. The club will have to be designedto permit of a swing, such as a swing with a olf club, but the club willhave to be provided with a head construction which will admit of thepool or billiard ball being hit with considerable delicacy, in order toput proper English on the ball for the playing of the game. To that endthe improved one club may preferably include a special head constructionB and a handle or shank C which is of much the same construction as aconventional golf club handle. The latter'is pref- 85 erably of straightline formation and includes a hand grasping portion 10, a sulficiently'long body 11, which may be tapered downwardly in convergent relation;the

lower tapering end ofthe body 11 being adapted to be received within aproper tapered socket of the head B,

Referring to the head construction B the same includes a preferablywooden body 15, the intermediate portion of'which in transverse crosssection is circular. This intermediate portion-is provided with adiametrical socket 16 therethrough which tapers from one side, that is,the top side of the body 15 to the opposite side. From the intermediatelarge portion the body 15 tapers convergently in diametrically opposedrelation to provide reduced ends 17 and 18 which are in aligningrelation. This construction elongates the body and there is provided alongitudinal passageway 20 through the body'15 of the club headcentrally extending through the ends 1'? and 18 and opening on theextreme reduced edges of said ends 17 and 18, as is 10 shown in Figure 2of the drawing.

A brass or metal shaft or core 21 is placed in'this passageway 20,snugly fitting therein. At a point intermedlate its ends it is providedwltha tapered transverse passageway 15 22 which is adapted to align insuch relation with the tapered passageway 16 to receive the tapered endof the shaft body 11 of they handle C, as is shown in Figure 2 of thedraw ing. This tapered end of the shaft body 29 11 iswedged into thesocket 16 and the passageway 22, to firmly anchor the head B in aT-shaped relation upon the free lower end of the handle or shaft C, andthe shaft body 11- at the lower end of the head does not 25 projecttherefrom but lies flush, as is shown in Figure 2.

At its ends the metal core 21 is internally screw threaded at 26 and 27to provide end opening sockets which preferably receive the tipattaching screws 28 and 29 therein.

These screws28 and 29 are preferably firmly anchored in the respectivesockets 26 and 27 so that they will not easily unscrew therefrom. Theyeach are provided with end portions 35. which project beyond the endsurfaoesof the metal core 21, for respectivelyreceiving the cue tipmembers 31 and 32 thereon. It is to be noted that the free end surfacesof the metallic core21 are provided with countersunk seats 35surrounding the projecting ends of the screws 28 and 29. I

Each of the one tip structures31 and 32 includespreferably integral andpreferably cylindrical elongated one tip body 38, which may be of somecomposition material, wood,

metal, ivory, or the like. At one end it is provided with a screwthreaded socket 39. to detachably receive either the end 28 or 29 of thesupporting screws 26 or 27 therein.

At this end the body 38 is tapered in reducing relation to snugly seatin the countersunk recess 35, as will be seen from Figure 2 of thedrawing so that the external peripheral surface of the body 15 merges ina tapering relation into the peripheral surface of the the pool orbilliard ball for the imparting of proper English thereto, as will bewell understood by those skilled in this art.

It should be noted that the tip ends of the head structure of theplaying club are of the samc external construction and diameter as thetip end structures of conventional billiard and pool cues. Also due tothe fact that the intermediate portion of the club head between the cuetip is of largest diameter and therefrom tapers decreasingly .inopposite directions towards the cue tip, it is readily uinlersiandablethat the player may tilt the shaft and'club head so as to impart thepushing blow to the pool or billiard ball eccentrically thereon for theapplication of proper English. This would not be the case where a mallettype of club to be used having a large head, such as has been previouslyused in the playing of out-door board games, utilizing a ball.

The club A'in playing the game given a swing similar to that used inputting, although obviously the ball hit witn the end of the head.The'metallic core gives the proper weight to the club, for obtaining aswing which is forceful enough to give the proper English to the ball.Also the construction of the head of the club and both sides of the axisof the shaft gives the club a proper balance for the swing. Thus theclub is directly responsible for the creation of anew game whichutilizes certain basic features of the conventional pool and billiardgame and certain features of conventionalgolf. It is of course intendedthat the player may stand upon the table upon the playing of the game,so far as there is no interference with the balls which are being usedin play.

Various changes in the shape, size, and arrangement of parts maybe madeto the form ofinvention herein shown and described, without departingfrom the spirit of the invention or the scope of the claims.

I claim:

1. In a one club the con'ibination of an elongated shaft, a headincluding an elongated wooden body having a passageway longitudinallythereihrough, a weighted bar snugly fitting in said passageway, saidwooden body and bar diametrically across said head having a passagewayinto which the free end of the shaft is snugly fitted to mount the headin a T-shaped relation at an end of the shaft, and one points attachedat the ends of the head to the weighted bar.

2. In a'cue club the con'ibination of an elongated shaft, a headconstruction including a body havin a relatively large intermediateportion and reduced end portion, a metal bar longitudinally disposedthrough said body and exposed at the reduced end of the body, said bodyand bar having a passageway diametrically across between the ends of thehead, said shaft being connected fixedly in said diametrical passagewayto mount the head in T-shaped relation on the shaft, screw endsextending from the ends of said metal bar, and conventional cue pointsdetachably mounted on said screw ends.

3. In a one club, the combination of an elongated shaft, a headconstruction including a body having a relatively large intermediateportion and reduced end portion, a metal bar longitudinally disposedthrough said body and exposed at the reduced end of the body, said bodyand bar having a passageway diametrically across between the ends of thehead, said shaft being connected an elongated wooden body having apassage- Way longitudinally therethrough, an elongated Weighted shaftsnugly fitting in said passageway and projecting to opposite ends ofsaid body, and a one point attached at an end of said Weighted shaft.

5. In a one club, the combination of a head, including an elongatedwooden body having a longitudinal passageway therethrough and v alateral socket extending from the exterior of said body to saidpassageway, an elongated Weighted shaft snugly fitting in saidpassageway and projecting to opposite ends of said body, an elongatedshaft with an end thereof in said socket and in contact with saidWeighted shaft, and a one point attached at an end of said Weightedshaft.

CHARLES H. BUCKLER.

